Motor to move a chain.

[Fiery Duck]

Hey guys, I need help. I have this small robot I'm making and need a motor to move the yet to be built miniature chain I'm going to have on its chainsaw. How would I need to hook this up for it to work?

[greasemonkey94]

Hello,

Hmm could you please elaborate on the whole mechanism, if it is on a chainsaw why not just the chainsaw
otherwise your going to need a motor and a motor driver if your going to use a microcontroller and /or a sprocket which fits
into the links exactly, you can probably salvage the sprocket from the chainsaw and you are also probably going to need a gearmotor.

hope this helps

[VegaObscura]

Chainsaws typically require extreme amounts of power to cut anything since they have to move at high speeds with high torque.  There's a reason why its nearly impossible to find an electric chainsaw.  If you're planning to use a full size chainsaw then I recommend you use its built-in gas engine and add electric controls to start and stop it.

[Soeren]

Hi,

There's a reason why its nearly impossible to find an electric chainsaw.

It's easy finding electrical chainsaws - I guess about 1/4 to 1/3 of all sold in Denmark is electrical.

[Soeren]

Hi,

Hey guys, I need help. I have this small robot I'm making and need a motor to move the yet to be built miniature chain I'm going to have on its chainsaw. How would I need to hook this up for it to work?

What size of chain are you talking about?
What's it for, cutting or show?

[TrickyNekro]

Just to add to what Soeren said... Electric engines are much more efficient than any gas engine... The problem is the power storying a.k.a. batteries... That's why such equipment usually come with a plug :p

[Fr0stAngel]

Hey guys, I need help. I have this small robot I'm making and need a motor to move the yet to be built miniature chain I'm going to have on its chainsaw. How would I need to hook this up for it to work?

it would help if you could tell the robot/ chainsaw size, and what's its intended use....depending on the size i'd go with a geared dc motor.....where i live, there's like this big scrap market for cars....you can easily get the window operating motors cheap, having high torque, and around 80 rpm....(works on nearly 2 amps)after that a chain and sprocket mechanism isn't hard to attach.